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TODAY
November 30, 2013

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>>us tonight, george, thanks.

>>>now to the anger that's been directed at
wall street
lately, and a story from bloomberg "business week" magazine, that will likely add
fuel to the fire
. it has to do with how much money one prominent ceo made before his firm collapsed. it may have been a whole lot more than he told congress he made. our report from nbc's
lisa myers
.

>>during the two years of the
financial crisis
--

>>reporter: before
goldman sachs
executives became the arch villains of the
financial crisis
there was this man, richard fuld, the former ceo of
lehman brothers
.
lehman brothers
went bankrupt in september
2008
, almost taking the entire economy with it. the next month, fuld was hauled before congress. congressman
henry waxman
pounded fuld, pointing to a chart showing he had taken home almost $500 million since
2000
.

>>is that fair for the ceo of a company that's now bankrupt to have made that kind of money? it's just unimaginable to so many people.

>>i would say to you the $500 number is not accurate.

>>reporter: he said he actually took home $310 million. this former
lehman
lawyer oliver
budda
was watching the testimony from home.

>>i was shocked and decided i needed to
double check
before i let my outrage really grow.

>>reporter: as first reported by bloomberg business week,
budda
says he went to public documents and compiled these spread sheets. fuld pocketed much more than he claimed, $529 million.

>>what i found was he had actually taken home more than $200 million more than he had indicated to congressman waxman.

>>reporter:
budda
, who worked on
lehman
's compensation reports claims the company repeatedly underreported and tried to bury details on how much top executives were paid. he said he complained to his superiors and after he left the company, complained to the s.e.c. and
lehman
's board. neither responded. richard fuld's lawyer says
lehman
's board found
budda
's allegations to be without merit. the lawyer did not comment on allegations about fuld's congressional testimony. bud
budda
says he's coming forward now trying to focus more attention on bad behavior by
wall street
.
lisa myers
, nbc news,
washington
.